Question

two tankers contain 850 liters and 680 liters of kerosin oil respective.y , find the maximum capacity of a container which can measures the kerosin of both the tankers when used an exact number of time

Answer 1

given:
Capacities of 2 tankers are 850 litre and 60 litre.

Find HCF of 850 and 680 by euclid's division Lemma

a=bq+r

here a=850 b=680
850= (680×1)+170
680=(170×4)+0
HCF= 170

Hence the maximum capacity of the required container is 170 litre